Collingham Neighbourhood Plan - Draft for Pre-Submission Consultation
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Collingham Neighbourhood Plan 2015 - 2028 Draft for Pre-submission Consultation October 2015 Collingham with Linton Parish Council The document colour scheme identifies Objectives, Policies and Projects through the use of background colour. To help with producing the Neighbourhood Plan for Linton the Collingham with Linton Parish Council has secured a grant from The Community Development Foundation. This organisation has been established by the Department for Communities and Rural Affairs to support neighbourhood planning. 2 Collingham Neighbourhood Plan - Draft for Pre-submission Consultation CONTENT 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 5 2. Foreword .................................................................................................................................... 6 3. Purpose of the Neighbourhood Plan ............................................................................................ 7 4. Our Vision for Collingham ........................................................................................................... 8 5. Our Objectives for collingham ..................................................................................................... 9 6. The Preparation Process ............................................................................................................ 10 7. Structure Of The Plan ................................................................................................................ 13 8. Collingham’s Rural Environment ................................................................................................ 13 9. Early Development Of Collingham ............................................................................................. 14 10. Collingham Today ..................................................................................................................... 16 11. Planning Policies For Collingham ............................................................................................... 17 12. A: Protecting the Village Setting ................................................................................................ 18 Policy A: Protecting the village setting ............................................................................................... 19 13. B: Protecting Local Heritage Assets ........................................................................................... 20 Policy B: Protecting local heritage assets ........................................................................................... 23 14. C: Archaeology ......................................................................................................................... 24 Policy C: Archaeology ......................................................................................................................... 24 15. D: Design of Development ........................................................................................................ 25 Policy D: Design OF Development ...................................................................................................... 28 16. E: Community Involvement ...................................................................................................... 29 Policy E: Community Involvement ..................................................................................................... 29 17. F: Sustainable Development ...................................................................................................... 30 Policy F: Sustainable Development .................................................................................................... 31 18. G: Housing Type ........................................................................................................................ 32 Policy G: Housing Type ....................................................................................................................... 33 19. H: Village Facilities and Services ................................................................................................ 35 Policy H: Village Facilities and Services .............................................................................................. 37 20. I. Parking ................................................................................................................................. 39 Collingham Neighbourhood Plan - Draft for Pre-submission Consultation 3 Policy I - Parking .................................................................................................................................. 40 21. J. Green Infrastructure .............................................................................................................. 41 Policy J – green infrastructure ............................................................................................................. 42 22. K: Local Green Space ................................................................................................................. 43 23. L: Footpaths, Cycleways and Bridleways .................................................................................... 45 Policy L: Footpaths, Cycleways and Bridleways ................................................................................. 46 24. M: Highway Safety and Traffic Impact ....................................................................................... 47 Policy M: Highway Safety and Impact ................................................................................................. 48 25. N: Footway and Pedestrian Safety ............................................................................................. 49 Policy N: footway and pedestrian safety ............................................................................................ 50 26. Community Infrastructure Levy ................................................................................................. 51 27. Projects for Collingham ............................................................................................................. 52 28. Maps ........................................................................................................................................ 54 29. Appendix 1: Collingham’s Landscape Setting and Green Space ................................................... 62 30. Appendix 2. Historical Development of Collingham and Resulting Character Area Assessments .. 70 31. Appendix 3 Archaeological and Heritage Summary .................................................................... 84 32. Appendix 4: Public Rights of Way .............................................................................................. 89 33. List of Abbreviations ................................................................................................................. 91 4 Collingham Neighbourhood Plan - Draft for Pre-submission Consultation 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Instead of local people being told what to do, the Government thinks that local communities should have genuine opportunities to influence the future of the places where they live. The Localism Act (2011) introduces a new right for communities to draw up a neighbourhood plan. Neighbourhood planning will allow communities, to come together through a local parish council or neighbourhood forum and say where they think new houses, businesses and shops should go – and what they should look like. 1.2 These plans can be very simple and concise or can go into considerable detail. Local authorities will be able to use neighbourhood planning to grant full or outline planning permission in areas where they most want to see new homes and businesses, making it easier and quicker for development to go ahead. 1.3 Local communities can now set out their vision for an area and shape planning policies for the use and development of land. It is about local rather than strategic issues. 1.4 Provided a neighbourhood development plan or order is in line with national planning policy, with the strategic vision for the wider area set by the local authority and with other legal requirements, local people will be able to vote on it in a referendum. If the plan is approved by a majority of those who vote, then the local authority will bring it into force. 1.5 Collingham is part of the Parish of Collingham with Linton. The Local Planning Authority is Leeds City Council (LCC). This Plan is therefore a constituent part of the Leeds Local Plan and the high level, overarching, and strategic elements of the Local Plan are contained mostly with the LCC Core Strategy. 1.6 LCC issued the publication draft of its Core Strategy for consultation purposes in February 2012. Following amendments from this consultation and examination by an Independent Inspector, LCC formally adopted the Core Strategy in November 2014 and this will now become a key part of the Local Plan. 1.7 This Plan does not and indeed cannot identify specific sites for housing development nor set a target for the number of dwellings to be built. Within the Local Plan it is the Site Allocation Plan that will identify these and also carry out any necessary changes to Green Belt boundaries that may be necessary to accommodate this development. Collingham Neighbourhood Plan - Draft for Pre-submission Consultation 5 2. FOREWORD Response of your Parish Council 2.1 Just over three years ago, Collingham with Linton Parish Council